The Pixie Princess
Being in one place is completely different to being in another place; Mikan misses the Wizarding Kingdom and wants to return, but is too stubborn to give up. If Kaname's her true love, then she'll be happy because she will have a loving husband and a great kingdom that she has always longed to live in, but the other residents of the flower faerie kingdom may not think that way... NXM
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Chapter Four: Rejections
Trying to feel accepted is kind of hard when someone doesn't like you, and I know that feeling all too well. However, when someone doesn't like you because of ridiculous reasons, it's harder to come out of your shell and show that person you don't care. But what if you don't care anyway? Will they still dislike you, but ignore you forever after, or will they continue to spitefully hurt you in any way possible, and try to crush you into the dirt so that you suffer...
The previous day seemed to have gone smoothly. Mikan was polite, and tried not to be so clumsy and make a scene in front of Kaname's parents, the King and Queen of the Flower Faerie Kingdom. Thankfully, Mikan had managed to keep her balance and had answered all their questions politely, eaten correctly and even used the correct cutlery! Mikan was usually bad at those things, especially around people she knew, but it seemed that when there were strangers around, she was the perfect little princess. Mikan wondered why she was always flustered around her grandfather and Natsume, because she knew them so well...
"Mikan's a delight, Kaname! A perfect choice for a bride!" the Queen exclaimed the morning after when Kaname had went to visit his parents in the dining hall. Mikan was still in her room, either sleeping or getting ready. Kaname had planned to take her around the kingdom on her first official day there. Mikan seemed excited, and he was glad that she was, because he loved his kingdom and wanted to share the things he loved with Mikan.
"I'm glad that you like her, mother. Mikan is a very cheerful young faerie, and it would be wonderful if she married me. I hope she does. I would love her and care for her with all my heart," Kaname exclaimed as his mother smiled, nodding.
"Of course you would, my dear son. You're a very caring and giving person, and what girl wouldn't want that? Mikan-chan is very lucky to have a prince like you who is ready to marry her. She deserves someone kind like you, someone charming as well as bright!" the Queen stated as Kaname shook his head, blushing a little.
"Mo-mother! I'm not that great... don't praise me so, please." muttered Kaname as his mother chuckled, then smiled and patted her son on the shoulder. The King then entered. Kaname bowed before his father, and the king returned the bow, then smiled kindly towards his only son and heir to the throne.
"How is your hopeful bride this morning, son?" he asked as Kaname shrugged slightly,
"I do not know, she hasn't come out of her room yet. She is either still sleeping, or she is getting ready, but I don't know which. According to her friends, she's a heavy sleeper." Kaname explained. His mother sighed at that, grimacing slightly but hiding it with a smile.
"Not a very princess like quality, I must say... but was she not a princess before, Kaname? The princess of the Faerie Kingdom?" asked the Queen. Kaname nodded, turning to his mother.
"Yes, she was. Princess Mikan, but she left her royal title when the throne chose a new Queen, a Miss Sumire Shouda who is betrothed to her childhood friend, Koko. Mikan insists that she is no princess, but I think she is, and I think she may like being a princess once again, and soon a Queen." Kaname stated as his mother nodded, then looked towards her husband and smiled warmly.
"Excuse me," a voice suddenly called, and the King, Queen and Kaname all turned to see Mikan standing there, wearing one of the dresses that was picked out for her. That day Mikan was wearing a simple rose white dress with pink trimmings and small roses delicately sewn to the bodice, her hair braided with some loose curls falling onto her shoulders like a little waterfall. Kaname blushed slightly when he saw Mikan, walked towards her and bowed as Mikan curtseyed.
"You look... so beautiful," Kaname breathed, kissing Mikan's hand as she blushed, shaking her head so that her curls moved slightly off her shoulders and fell behind her back.
"N-no, Kaname, please..." she said in a bashful voice, but Kaname insisted that Mikan was beautiful as the girl sighed, blushing even more. The King and Queen then walked towards Mikan and she curtseyed before them as they smiled.
"Our son is right... you are a beauty indeed, a rose among many thorns." the King said proudly as Mikan stared up at him, smiling sweetly as the Queen nodded. Mikan sighed inwardly. She missed the Wizarding Kingdom, she missed her friends, the freedom, and she missed her grandfather and her mother. Mikan knew that a week wasn't that long, but it actually seemed like a life time in the flower faerie kingdom...
"So... what do you think of the royal gardens?" Kaname asked. He had taken Mikan to see the rose bushes which grew in many assorted colours and all bloomed beautifully, then he had shown Mikan the lilies, pricilla's, petunias and many other flowers which Mikan adored. She smiled, staring up at Kaname.
"The garden is beautiful, everything a garden should be. All the flowers are perfect, no matter how big or how small... I especially love the rose buds." Mikan stated, a look of happiness and passion on her face. Kaname knew that she was a true flower faerie by blood just by her words, but the look on her face told him how much she loved the flowers.
"Spoken like a true flower faerie," he commented. Mikan stared up at him, blushing a little as he smiled, then took her hand in his and steered Mikan towards the gates that lead outside as Mikan blinked. Kaname beamed, clutching Mikan's hand in his tightly, leading her outside of the palace.
"Come, I must show you the wild flowers! I know how much you adore wild flowers, princess!" he stated happily, starting to fly as Mikan gasped, suddenly flying herself so that she could keep up with Kaname who held her hand all the time, not letting her go. Mikan stared at Kaname. He was very kind, but she couldn't see herself loving him, not really. She barely knew the prince who was so kind and wonderful to her. But how could she not love him? He was... almost perfect...
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"Natsume~ Natsume, where are you?" Aoi sing songed, skipping around the palace by herself, looking for her older brother. Natsume had probably run off again. She knew that Natsume was miserable, especially with Mikan gone. Now Natsume had no one to yell at, or to make fun of. Aoi had tried to tell Natsume that he should spit it out and tell Mikan his feelings, but her princely brother was just far too stubborn to listen. Sometimes, Aoi wanted to shake him until he listened.
"Natsume, I'm coming to find you~" sang Aoi, walking out of the palace and into the royal gardens. She wondered where Natsume was hiding. Ruka wasn't around that much anymore, he had himself a fancy girl that he stuck to, and Tsubasa wasn't Natsume's idea of a friend, so he'd steer clear of him. Most likely Natsume was in the Grotto, but Aoi wanted to walk around the gardens, because knowing Natsume, he'd change his hiding place and fall asleep in the bushes, reading most likely, too.
"Natsume? Are you here?" called Aoi clearly. She then heard some rustling in the bushes and grinned to herself. So, Natsume had decided to sleep in the bushes? Well, she'd give him a nice surprise...
"Natsume? Oh, brother of mine, where could you be?" she cried out, still grinning to herself as the bushes rustled more. Aoi walked to the bush that was rustling. It was a bush that grew pretty pink and white roses, and Aoi loved the colours that faded together. Natsume wasn't much of a flower person, but ever since he'd met Mikan, he'd started to like roses, but he preferred red roses. Aoi thought red roses were a little overrated, but Natsume didn't. They had some form of significance for him, especially since Mikan had given him one...
"Gotcha!" Aoi suddenly cried, dragging her brother from under the bush by his ankle and grinning like a maniac. However, her grin soon turned to a wide open mouth as she stared at the person she'd pulled out of the bush, staring at her with wide eyes and a look of shock surprise on his face. The boy Aoi had pulled out of the bush wasn't her brother, he was actually the royal gardener...
"Oh my, I'm so sorry! I thought you were Natsume, my brother! I didn't think... I mean to say... I'm so sorry, gardener!" she yelled out, suddenly falling to the ground and bowing to the gardener who had stood up, dusted himself off then stared at the princess in confusion. Suddenly, he started to laugh, and Aoi looked up, bashful.
"Erm... why are you... laughing?" she asked, gulping as the gardener, a silver haired, teal eyed boy, went on laughing, shaking his head. Aoi slowly stood up, folding her arms and narrowing her eyes at the boy. She had never been laughed at by someone who worked in her palace, they didn't dare to!
"You... just pulling me out like that! You really haven't changed at all, princess!" the boy laughed as Aoi's arms dropped, her eyebrow arching. What did he mean by that? The boy soon stopped laughing, but he was still smiling at the humour of it all.
"What do you mean I haven't changed!? Who are you!?" she cried out insistently as the boy stared at her, suddenly surprised. She couldn't be serious, could she? Then again, he had been gone for so many years, so it was no surprise that she'd forget him...
"Er, princess, it's me... Youichi Hijiri. You know, we used to play together in this garden when we were little... my father was your gardener before he resigned. I've only just taken the post right now." the boy started to explain as Aoi's mind wandered. She then recalled her early years being spent in the royal garden, playing with someone, someone with silver hair...
"Oh! You're the shorty!" she cried out, remembering that he had been really short and she had picked on him for it. Youichi then narrowed his eyes at Aoi, not happy to be reminded of his short stature from when he was young. Aoi then stared at him, realising that he was no longer short, but quite tall, nearly as tall as Natsume. He'd also become cuter, she noticed... with that, Aoi blushed.
"Yo... you've changed." she said slowly, staring at him as he smirked. Of course he'd changed! It had been what? Thirteen years since their last encounter. He no longer had the baby fat, he was taller, and one of the handsome wizards in the kingdom, just like Natsume. Aoi wondered how popular Youichi was...?
"Of course I have, it's been thirteen years! And by the looks of you, princess Aoi, you've slightly changed also... however the upper half of your body isn't really that noticeable, as always." Youichi exclaimed. Aoi's face turned bright red, and with that, she knocked her fist on the top of Youichi's head.
"Why, you...!" she growled, but Youichi just laughed, shaking his head.
"Yep... you definitely haven't changed, Aoi... you're still as violent as ever, and I bet Natsume's still protective over you. He never liked you hanging around with any boys, well, boys who weren't me." grinned Youichi as Aoi remembered. Youichi was correct; Natsume had never liked Aoi being the centre of attention when boys were involved. He liked his sister to play by herself, just so that she wouldn't meet a guy. However, Youichi had always been Natsume's favourite, right from the start. Then again, Youichi acted just like Natsume.
"Yes... Natsume thought the world of you when we were kids. He wanted you to be his little brother." Aoi exclaimed as Youichi rolled his eyes, smirking.
"Yeah, right... I was probably going to be the only guy he'd let you marry, if anything. He didn't like you being with any other guy barring me. Then again, I acted just like Natsume when I was a kid. He thought I was great, an apple from the same tree!" laughed Youichi as Aoi stood there, shocked that Natsume had considered marrying her off to Youichi... then again, she wouldn't complain. She'd been Youichi's best friend, and he hers, and they got along, and now, well, he was so handsome...
"Uh huh..." she muttered, suddenly going off into her own world. Aoi was blushing hard as Youichi stared at her. He shrugged, then smirked lightly and placed a hand on her forehead.
"Hey, Aoi, you're burning up! You're all flushed and your eyes have glazed over! Are you ill? No wait, couldn't be... maybe you're swooning! Am I that good looking?" joked Youichi as Aoi squeaked, jumping back. It was about that time that she wished for wings so she could fly into a tree and hide there until her blush went away. How could Youichi be so quick when Natsume was as slow as they came when it came to love...?
"Aoi!" someone suddenly called, and Aoi whipped her head around onyl to see Natsume charging towards her, ready to breather fire. Even when she was old enough to make her own decisions, Natsume still hated to see her hanging around guys...
"Natsume, there you are!" Aoi cried, running towards her older brother as he stared at his sister, then shot a glare towards Youichi, who just stared at Natsume with a knowing smile on his face.
"Aoi, who is this!? Haven't I told you that men are dangerous!?" he snapped as Aoi stared up at her brother, a sorry, puppy dog eyed look on her face. She then turned to Youichi and smiled as he nodded,
"But he's not dangerous, Natsume! Don't you remember him? It's Youichi, the Gardeners son! He's all grown up!" Aoi cried out happily, running back towards Youichi as Natsume stared at the silver haired lad, trying to recall the sweet, little Youichi Hijiri who had once impersonated him when he was looking after Youichi and his sister, and now... he was this grown up teen, looking just as smug and all-knowing as Natsume did.
The apple really never fell too far from the tree, did it?...
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"Are you enjoying the tour?" Kaname asked Mikan, hopeful of a positive answer. Mikan turned her head, looking at Kaname's smiling face and she nodded eagerly. She was actually enjoying the tour, but she was also missing the Wizarding Kingdom like crazy. Her friends weren't there to make her laugh or to randomly pop up and scare her. If Kaname had let them come along to the kingdom, too, she was sure they'd have fun, and Natsume would've probably smiled.
"Of course I am, Kaname! It's a beautiful kingdom, who wouldn't enjoy it? It's got lots of pretty flowers and everyone's so nice!" Mikan exclaimed, a huge smile on her face as Kaname laughed lightly.
"Good. I thought that you would enjoy it, seeing as you're part flower faerie anyway… would you like to see a field of flowers out in the grand meadow?" Kaname asked Mikan, a little excited at the prospect of spending more time with the former princess. Mikan smiled gently, nodding, when a fairy cam flitting towards them.
"What's wrong?" Kaname asked instantly. The fairy was tall and wore a coat of arms on his uniform; he was a guard of the flower faerie castle, Mikan knew that. The guard said something, and Kaname looked a little unhappy about it.
Once the guard was gone, Kaname turned straight to Mikan. He wasn't happy at all, Mikan noticed.
"Mikan, I'm sorry, but I've been called for at the palace… I'll have to leave at once." He stated as Mikan blinked, then smiled and shook her head.
"Then go. I'll be fine on my own. I can get to know the kingdom more and find new places, right? It's better to explore a field of flowers alone than to not explore them at all." Mikan said with a small smile. Kaname beamed then,
"Very lovely… then I bid you farewell for now, Mikan, and I will see you later. Take care," he whispered, and kissed her hand. Mikan watched him leave and waved, then turned around and stared at the many fields of flowers that were planted there, gently swaying in the breeze. Everything was quiet, but it wasn't the same quiet as the field Mikan had found the day she met Natsume and everyone else.
Her heart suddenly sank. She was really missing her friends dearly…
"Ah, that little Pixie freak is finally by herself... I wonder why Kaname suddenly ran off, did he realise that she was a little leech or something?" muttered Luna, watching Mikan through a pair of mist binoculars she had 'borrowed' from a Moon Fairy. Kina stood beside her, blinking and watching Mikan float through a field of wild flowers.
"She doesn't look mean." stated Kina in a small voice. Luna glared at the dark haired girl and rolled her eyes.
"Duh, that's what she wants you to think, but in fact she's a witch! Man, why would the prince bring such a thing into the kingdom, anyway, she's not even properly one of our kind, she's just a mixture of Angel blood and flower faerie blood with a bit of regular faerie in her. Filthy half breed." snarled Luna as Kina sat there, watching Mikan who was smiling.
How could someone smile like that when she wasn't next to the person she liked...?
"Hey, you!" someone called as Mikan looked up from where she was standing. She had been standing in the field of flowers, looking at all the flowers that were wild. She hadn't encountered them before; then again, she was in the kingdom of flowers, where she was bound to find a few flowers she didn't know about. When she looked up, Mikan was face to face with a beautiful girl who had russet coloured hair, and the wings of large, red and yellow flower petals.
"Are you speaking to me?" she asked. The girl smirked, her eyes boring into Mikan's. Indeed, the girl was pretty, but she didn't seem to be acting nicely. In fact, she seemed kind of... stand-offish.
"Duh, who else, you dust brained faerie, we're the only two standing here!" snapped the girl as Mikan blinked. This girl wasn't exactly polite, and it was irritating Mikan a little. "My name is Luna Koizuma, apprentice Guardian Faerie! I hear you're the Prince's latest fiancé, right?" the girl smirked as Mikan shrugged,
"Maybe, I don't know, but as far as I recall, we aren't betrothed yet, I have a week to decide before I return to the Wizarding Kingdom," Mikan stated as Luna blinked, surprised by Mikan's answer.
"So you're from the Wizarding Kingdom! I heard you were a misfit from that Faerie Kingdom, not the Wizarding Kingdom!" Luna snapped, angry that she had been misinformed as Mikan nodded,
"Oh, yes, I'm from there as well, I was born and raised there, but for the past year I have been living in the Wizarding Kingdom with my friends. Officially, I am now a part of the Wizarding Community, but I can't use magic yet." Mikan explained as Luna stood a bit away from Mikan, hands on her hips.
"You know, you should be careful of whom you give information to, miss former princess, because you don't know who's out there to hurt you." Luna hissed. Mikan blinked, a little shocked to hear something like that.
"Why? Do you feel threatened by me?" Mikan suddenly asked. Luna stiffened at that; threatened? By someone with stupid Pixie Wings. She started to laugh loudly,
"What? Threatened by you? Please! If I ever felt threatened by a dust brained, pixie winged girl then I'd be you or some other stupid misfit! Honey, you have to be kidding me and you must be kidding yourself to think Kaname would ever really pick you as a bride before seeing many other faeries. Compared to the princesses he's refused, you're barely cute. In fact, you're rather inferior. Don't you know that he's one of the most sought after faeries in the entire nation of fairyhood? He's the pick of the littler, whilst you're a little bug with those wings you think are so great, when in fact, they're just as stupid as a regular faerie's, really." Luna sated sweetly as Mikan stood there, taking everything in.
"I gathered that Prince Kaname was a fairly popular guy, and it doesn't affect me, but it seems to be effecting you, Miss Luna Koizuma." Mikan said gently. Luna lurched backwards,
"What!?" she snarled. Mikan just stood there, staring at her,
"You declare that you aren't affected, but you clearly are. You say he could have had many other princesses, but he rejected them all, right? He keeps talking about marrying me, so he must like something about me, right? If you didn't feel like I was some sort of threat, then you wouldn't question me, you wouldn't be persistent in playing little mind games, and you wouldn't be here, trying to make me go away. If I was just another faerie with ridiculous wings who Kaname would throw away, then why are you bothering to even try and get rid of me when Kaname can do that by himself?" Mikan asked. Luna just stood there, silent. Mikan was a bit less clueless than Luna had thought, and it was irritating her a lot... she bit her thumb and growled under her breath.
"Man... you're annoying. You don't even belong here, you social reject, so why don't you end the week and go home now! We don't want a ditz like you here, so leave!" Luna yelled as Mikan stood there, shaking her head.
"I'll only leave when the Prince permits my leave, which is at the end of the week. I'm afraid that you will have to put up with me until then, Miss Koizuma." Mikan told the russet haired faerie who scowled, and was ready to fly over to Mikan when Nobara suddenly appeared,
"Miss--- I mean Mikan, you must come back to the palace, Prince Kaname is asking for your audience." Nobara said, taking Mikan's hand gently as Luna stared at Nobara, taking everything in. Nobara looked up to see Luna, and her eyes widened.
"Mi-- miss Koizuma, my lady, I did not know you were here!" Nobara stuttered, suddenly bowing as Mikan blinked whilst Luna nodded, then gave Mikan a last glare before lifting herself into the air, beating her beautiful wings powerfully.
"Saved by a common maid. Well, little princess reject, we will be meeting again, I can guarantee that much." Luna said coldly, then flew off like a bullet as Nobara and Mikan watched. Once Luna was out of sight, Nobara pulled Mikan along, and together they flew back to the palace, but slowly.
"You know her... don't you?" Mikan asked Nobara who looked straight ahead, then turned her head to Mikan. She was frowning.
"Yes, I do... and I know that you must keep out of her way, Miss... Mikan. She's dangerous and a very horrid person!" Nobara told Mikan as she sighed to herself,
"I was rejected again... and she reminds me of what Sumire was like, Once Upon a Time." Mikan muttered. Nobara blinked as she stared at Mikan, still holding her hand tightly in her pale one,
"Sumire? You mean the Queen of your kingdom?" Nobara asked. Mikan nodded with a small smile,
"Yes. Before Sumire became Queen, and before I ran away, she was very cruel to me, like most others were. In the end, it turned out that Sumire wanted to be something she wasn't; she wanted to be me, to have Pixie wings and other things, because her parents wouldn't let her have a life when she grew her princess wings. Because of those wings, she was denied to love her childhood friend who is actually going to be her husband soon." Mikan said with a smile as Nobara flew gently, then nodded.
"I see... well, thank goodness she's a good person. However, Luna is nothing but cruel! If you ask me, she should've been left in the woods of Darkness at birth, she's such an evil child!" Nobara scowled again as Mikan stared at her maid.
"How do you know?" she asked. Nobara grimaced, then looked at Mikan and slowed herself down. Mikan copied, so that she and Nobara could have a conversation together.
"I once worked for the Koizuma's, and let me tell you, they're all bad buds, Mikan. Not one of the Koizuma family has an ounce of good in them. They play rotten and they do whatever they can to get what they want, and right now, Luna has her eye on the prince's throne," Nobara whispered. Luckily, no one was around to hear her bad mouth the Koizuma's,
"Why? Why would someone do that, Kaname's so kind." Mikan said as Nobara nodded, sighing gently,
"I know, but the Koizuma's are the exact opposite. They are a powerful family line, Mikan, their blood is probably stronger than the royals, actually... all the Koizuma's have ever wanted was to take over the throne, but thankfully no royal would marry them. Luna was even rejected to be the Prince's future wife. Kaname may be kind and a it slow, but he's clever. He saw through the Koizuma's deceit and dismissed them... however Luna has found a detour to the throne," Nobara whispered as Mikan's eyes widened.
"What?" she whispered. Nobara bit her lip, then leaned in closer to Mikan so that no one could hear them, even if they were alone.
"She's manipulating a girl who is in love with Kaname to steal the throne, and if all else fails, she will get this girl to marry the man who is third in line to the throne; Tono." Nobara said quietly as Mikan blinked, then shook her head.
"I can't believe this... why would someone do such a thing?" Mikan cried out gently, shaking her head. Nobara shrugged,
"As I said, the Koizuma family aren't the nicest people around, and you need to be aware of Luna, because she is the worst of them all; she's manipulative, scheming and she can get into your head. She bullies people and twists everything to her liking. She lies and weasels her way out of a mess, and above all, she's clever. Don't let her get to you, Mikan, because if she does, you will never forget it and it will haunt you forever more." Nobara explained, then stopped flying when they reached the palace. The two young women stopped in front of the palace gates. Nobara then turned to Mikan,
"Before you return to the palace, remember this; never mention the Koizuma's to any royal, and above all, never let Luna find out that you aren't in love with Kaname, because if she knows, then she will take matters into her own hands, and get another girl to marry Kaname so that she can get into the palace and finish what her ancestors started." Nobara whispered, then opened the gates, and led Mikan towards the palace where Kaname was awaiting her...
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The fourth chapter is done and dusted! It went a little differently according to plan, but putting in Youichi was the whole idea, anyway! I needed to introduce him at some point, and what better than to introduce him as a gardener and Aoi's childhood crush, right!? Let's see how everything turns out with Luna and Kina, too! Reviews, if you will, I love to read your likes and dislikes, and let's see who has found that I have a brand new Beta!~ I am a good girl, aren't I? XD
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